If you run your own business and it is one that provides a service, you need to protect to have the right measures in place to protect it. Whether you are a plumber, gardener, builder or even a hairdresser – you are likely to face all kinds of legal, financial and even physical risks on …
The members of rock band Nickelback are reportedly being sued for copyright infringement by a fellow Canadian band, Econoline Crush. Econoline Crush allege that Nickelback “maliciously and wilfully” stole from their 1997 song All That You Are, from their album The Devil You Know, when producing their December 2003 song Figured You Out. This song …
A firm from Birmingham have been fined more than £15,000 after one of their marquees collapsed in the run-up to a film premiere in Coventry. Two employees were reportedly injured in the incident. The partial collapse of the marquee occurred in November 2009, whilst workers were attempting to erect it ahead of a preview of …
A North West accountancy firm accused of professional negligence have been cleared of all charges and awarded a total of £800,000 in indemnity costs. Mace & Jones, which has branches in Liverpool, Manchester and Knutsford, was accused by construction company D Morgan of giving bad advice on planning issues relating to the Bold Heath Quarry …
The stage lighting company Christie Lites has released a statement confirming that it has launched a professional negligence lawsuit against global staging specialist StageCo over the collapse of a lighting tower. Christie is suing StageCo for damages, after a 90 foot high lighting tower set up by the staging company collapsed ahead of a major …
Event insurance is important for any high-profile or large-scale event, particularly one which involves a large number of participants. Trade shows and exhibitions are the key examples of why event insurance is so crucial. These occasions involve a great deal of planning and coordinating, in order to bring together hundreds of high-profile exhibitors and potentially …
The US television network Fox is reportedly being sued by a production company over the idea for its hit TV show “Lie to Me”. John Gertz Productions claims that in 2005, it acquired the rights to a novel by Roderick Anscombe called “The Interview Room” and turned it into a screenplay. The novel is about …
The micro-blogging site Twitter is facing a patent infringement lawsuit from a company claiming to have already invented an online network for celebrities. Twitter is regularly used by a whole host of celebrities worldwide, notably TV comic Stephen Fry, US rapper Kayne West and Hollywood couple Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher. In the lawsuit, VS …
The Daily Mirror has successfully overturned a court ruling which required the newspaper to pay the legal costs run up by supermodel Naomi Campbell in a recent court clash between the two parties over libel claims. The newspaper was previously ordered to pay Ms Campbell £3,500 in compensation for publishing photographs which the supermodel described …